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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11603
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14856
13 Actual Demand 11291
14 Aggregate Planning 12332
15 Air Cargo 10228
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6743
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34997
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15408
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19419
20 Assembly Line 22760
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23123
22 Average Speed of Answer 26654
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23336
24 Batch Production 38679
25 Bill Discounting 14687
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11363
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7240
28 Blanket Release 10129
29 Bonded Warehouse 10160
30 Booking Number 13977
31 Bottleneck 9668
32 Buffer Stock 59587
33 Build to Stock 13118
34 Bullwhip Effect 9807
35 Business Logistics 25983
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12674
37 Capacity Management 40988
38 Capacity Utilization 14244
39 Capital Intensive 8549
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8897
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12253
42 Certified Supplier 9043
43 Channel Effectiveness 9026
44 Co-Destiny 9405
45 Co-managed Inventory 12681
46 Co-Packers 11879
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6984
48 Computer-Based Training 7776
49 Consular Invoice 19971
50 Container Depot 10700
51 Container Freight Station 10353
52 Continuous Replenishment 19680
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12186
54 Contract Carrier 7377
55 Contract of Affreightment 11515
56 Control Charts 8045
57 Cost Flow 10380
58 Courier Service 15380
59 CPFR 8317
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11910
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44434
62 Date Code 18467
63 Days of Supply 19980
64 Dead on Arrival 9461
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7400
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8224
67 Detective Control 9015
68 Devanning 14323
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11079
70 Dispatching 24739
71 Distributed Inventory 8451
72 Distribution Channel Management 35066
73 Distribution Metrics 9279
74 Distribution Planning 24344
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15377
76 Double Marginalization 52965
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22526
78 Dual 5506
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20734
80 Echelon Inventory 26365
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38402
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50072
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7713
84 Efficient Frontier 25675
85 Engineer-to-Order 31926
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16727
87 Erlang B Formula 9445
88 ETD 8420
89 Ex Works 7912
90 Exception Rate 13639
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10197
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9621
94 Field Services 7808
95 Field Warehouse 10877
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8927
97 Fishbone Diagram 14727
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27271
99 Flow Through Distribution 12436
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8293
101 FOB Destination 13172
102 Forward buying 30368
103 Freight Charge 10500
104 Freight Consolidation 7607
105 Gantt Chart 8359
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11867
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29724
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12802
109 Hub 23587
110 Idle Time 8158
 
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